Kuwait: Former Bangladeshi MP guilty of human trafficking, facilitating migrant worker travel on fake contracts
要約
Date Reported: 2021年11月29日
場所: クウェート
その他
Not Reported ( 建設 ) - Employer関連
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
移住者・移民労働者: ( Number unknown - バングラデシュ - Sector unknown , Gender not reported )課題
殴打及び暴力 , 人身売買 , 採用費回答
Response sought: いいえ
取られた措置: Mohammed Shahid was sentenced to seven years in prison, a fine of KD2.7million (USD 8.9million) and deportation after he served his sentence.
情報源のタイプ: News outlet
"Kuwait issues final verdict in case of former Bangladeshi MP," 29 Nov 2021
The Kuwaiti Court of Cassation sentenced a former Bangladeshi lawmaker to seven years in prison for human trafficking and money laundering...
The authorities arrested the Bangladeshi MP in Kuwait on June 7 last year. He confessed to helping senior officials and the interior ministry in bringing migrant workers on fake contracts in exchange for sums of money...
The Criminal Investigation Department in Kuwait charged him with human trafficking, money laundering, and torturing employees of his company, based on complaints from five Bangladeshi migrant workers.
The accused MP was arrested in his home in the Mishref area and was charged with receiving money from dozens of workers in return for bringing them in from Bangladesh to Kuwait through a company he managed with illegal assistance from Kuwaiti officials accused in the case.